Daniel R. Short – Owner and Restoration Project Manager
Dan has 28 Years of Experience including Certifications in Systems Engineering, Program Management, and Multiple Automotive Restoration Fields. Before starting FantomWorks Dan single-handedly completed Numerous Restorations of American Muscle Cars Dating from the 1930s to the Early 1970s as well as European Restorations. Now with the hand-selected group of professionals at FantomWorks, he enjoys working to manage the overall operations ensuring every restoration is completed with attention to detail second to none. Dan’s on going goal is to make every customer’s experience at FantomWorks no matter how big or small, the best they have ever known in the automotive arena.
Joel – Operations Manager and Restoration Technician
22 years of restoring everything from first generation to third generation Corvettes as well as extensive experience in American and European classic automobiles. Joel is a throw-back from the good old days of automobile artisans when men were meticulous and professional in every endeavor they undertook. So far, we haven’t found anything of significance that Joel either didn’t already know or couldn’t figure out. A professional in every sense of the word.
Josh – Interior Specialist and Metal Fabrication Expert/Auto body Expert
Josh graduated from the finest automotive technical institute in the world 8 years ago and has since worked diligently at perfecting his two passions; Interiors and Paint. He has painted more than three thousand automobiles and completed nearly one hundred interior redesigns and restorations. His talents are limitless, his enthusiasm is contagious. He is one of the few that can shoot paint so well it looks like “glass from a gun” when it lands on the vehicle. Whether you want solids, metallics, candies, two-tones, or stripes, Josh will make them look perfect.
Kyle – Sheet Metal Artisan
Kyle graduated from one of the finest Auto body Programs and went on to work at a number of Street-Rod shops and custom “Chop Houses” (all legal of course) and we were fortunate to steal him from the aerospace world early in 2009. He practically lives here at FantomWorks and is nothing less than amazing. His ability to do English Wheel, Planishing Hammer, Hammer-Dolly and Stretcher-Shrinker work is breathtaking. He can build anything from a full quarter panel to a floor pan to a roof panel to the trunk floor right down to the original corrugations and reliefs. He builds motorcycle frames from long lengths of tube and gas tanks, and fenders on the weekends just for fun all from a piece of 16 or 18 gauge flat sheet metal. His work is so perfect it can be finished with nothing more than a spray primer to provide a show finish. You have to see his work to believe it.
Allen – Auto Body Technician
Allen is as at home with a paint gun in his hand as he is with a spreader and some Euro glaze. He is an extremely talented body man and accomplished painter. He is extremely talented at perfecting body lines, door fit, and elimination of the small imperfections that are typically found on most paint jobs. He has an amazing attention to detail which means he’s perfect for our team. He is in training to run our new StreetWorks paint team opening the Summer of 2010. We hope to keep him around for a long time and are extremely proud of his work.
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Melissa – CPA and Office Staff
She’s as talented as she is beautiful. Melissa takes care of much of the database entries ensuring the customer accounts are updated and payroll is accurate and on time. In many ways, she’s the “guy (or gal) behind the guy” at FantomWorks. We are hoping that she can join the team full-time when her time in the Military is complete. She is an invaluable asset to the FantomWorks team
Kat – Accounting, Taxes, and Payroll
Finding Kat was one of those “one in a million” lucky finds. After FantomWorks had been struggling for the first year with all of the taxes (and there are a bunch of them including but not limited to: Payroll, Income, Sales, Property, Personal Property, License, Corporation, Impermeable land, Waste Water, Sign, Compressor, Unemployment, and others) Kat came in to “save the day” and stop us from either getting in trouble or closing all together. Her phenomenal knowledge of business and background as a corporate accountant have been invaluable in the success of FantomWorks. You can’t have her, she’s ours!
Ray- Web Designer and Architect
Ray is responsible for not only the new look of the FantomWorks web site, he is more importantly responsible for the ease at which we can now post pictures to the site. He understands people, advertizing, web sites, computers, customers, cars, and about anything else that is important in developing a wonderful site. I can’t thank him enough for what he has done for us.
